The Moscow Pythagoreans [electronic resource] : Mathematics, Mysticism, and Anti-Semitism in Russian Symbolism /
Svetlikova, Ilona.author.
In Russia at the turn of the twentieth century, mysticism, anti-Semitism, and mathematical theory fused into a distinctive intellectual movement. Through analyses of such seemingly disparate subjects as Moscow mathematical circles and the 1913 novel Petersburg, this book illuminates a forgotten aspect of Russian cultural and intellectual history.
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""Cover""; ""Half-title""; ""Series""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""Introduction: Belyiâ€?s Petersburg and Moscow Mathematicians""; ""Bugaevâ€?s library                       ""; ""Positivism                 ""; ""Psychology                 ""; ""Anti-Semitism                    ""; ""A cult of India                      ""; ""Foundations of the Evolutionary Monadology (1893)                                                        ""; ""Symbolism (1910)                       ""
""2 The Moscow â€œSchoolâ€?: P.A. Nekrasov                                           """"Introduction                   ""; ""Kantianism                 ""; ""Platonism                ""; ""Arithmology                  ""; ""â€œThe divine orderâ€?                         ""; ""Autocracy                ""; ""Traditional conservative implications of mathematics                                                           ""
""Arithmology as a mathematical foundation of autocratic rule and Leo Tolstoiâ€?s philosophy of history                                                                                                          """"3 P.A. Nekrasov: Theory of Probability (1912)                                                    ""; ""Introduction                   ""; ""â€œDead soul of the worldâ€?                               ""; ""1911 in the history of the extreme Right                                               ""; ""Saint-Pierre                   ""; ""1911 in Petersburg                         ""
""1911 in Theory of Probability                                    """"4 Some Other Members of the â€œSchoolâ€?                                           ""; ""V. G. Alekseev                     ""; ""Baron M. F. Taube                        ""; ""P. A. Florenskii""; ""â€œAbleukhovâ€? as a reflection of the Black Hundred ideology of the Moscow philosophic-mathematical school                                                                                                              ""; ""5 The Pythagoreanism of the Moscow â€œSchoolâ€?                                                  ""
""Apollo             """"The secret radicalism of the â€œschoolâ€?                                            ""; ""The Ableukhov coat of arms                                 ""; ""Conclusion                 ""; ""Appendix 1: Geometrical Meditations of the Senator                                                         ""; ""Appendix 2: Rhythm                         ""; ""Appendix 3: â€œThe Sentiment of Natureâ€?                                            ""; ""Select Bibliography                          ""; ""Index            ""
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In Russia at the turn of the twentieth century, mysticism, anti-Semitism, and mathematical theory fused into a distinctive intellectual movement. Through analyses of such seemingly disparate subjects as Moscow mathematical circles and the 1913 novel Petersburg, this book illuminates a forgotten aspect of Russian cultural and intellectual history.
History, Modern.
Civilization—History.
Social history.
Russia—History.
Europe, Eastern—History.
Judaism.
Europe—History.
Modern History.
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Social History.
Russian, Soviet, and East European History.
Judaism.
European History.